Volume 124 Issue 5
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
HUMAN RIGHTS
Bustour promotes activism for LGBT community
DANA MEREDITH
dmeredith@kansan.com
MAX ROTHMAN
mrothman@kansan.com
A colossal navy blue and yellow bus sat at the Kansas Union Wednesday as a symbol for the LGBT community.
Passersby examined the tents, pamphlets and panels of "On the Road to Equality," a bus tour created to promote LGBT equality and challenge discrimination.
The tour was launched by a Washington D.C.-based organization called The Human Rights Campaign, and runs from Aug. 12 to Oct. 30, spanning 17 cities throughout the South and Midwest. Lawrence was the third stop on the trip.
According to the group, none of the states on the tour have statewide recognition of same-sex relationships nor do they mention sexual orientation or gender identity in their non-discrimination laws.
"One of the things that we find really, really powerful is just simple conversation between folks," said Candace Gingrich-Jones, renowned LGBT-rights activist and an associate director of The Human Rights Campaign.
"If somebody picks on you
CHRIS BRONSON/KANSAN
Patrick Blanchard, a sophomore from Wamego, spins a wheel that allows visitors to receive a free gift at the Human Rights Campaign Bus Tour Wednesday afternoon in the plaza area of the Kansas Union. The Human Rights Bus Tour made its third stop on a nationwide tour which fights for equality, informs the public, and employs the LGBT community and their families.
TOUR DATES/STOPS
Aug 12-14 Salt Lake City, UT
Aug 20-21 Lincoln, NE
Aug 24 Lawrence, KS
Aug 24-27 Kansas City, MO
Sept 1-5 New Orleans, LA
Sept 8-10 Austin, TX
Sept 12-13 College Station, TX
Sept 16-17 Little Rock, AR
Sept 18 Eureka Springs, AR
SEE BUS 13
Sept 22 Lexington, KY
Sept 23-25 Louisville, KY
Oct 1 Washington, DC
Oct 6-11 Atlanta, GA
Oct 15-16 Nashville, TN
Oct 21 Tuscaloosa, AL
Oct 22-23 Birmingham, AL
Oct 27-30 Orlando, FL
FOLLOW THAT BUS For an interactive version of this map; go to www.kansan.com
CLASSIFIEDS 6
CROSSWORD 4
CRYPTOQUIPS 4
OPINION 5
SPORTS 8
SUDOKU 4
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